Lesson plan for Middle School Spanish

Topic: Middle School

Spanish, Recycling unit

Grade Level:
6-8th

Length of
class:
20 min

LEARNING GOAL/PURPOSE
Increase student awareness about relevant environmental topics
Facilitate student Spanish language acquisition

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
I can conjugate and apply the verb poder to sentence frames
I can discuss differences between recycling and garbage
Strategies to be addressed:
Cooperative learning
Graphic organizer (for verb)
Guiding questioning
STANDARDS:
1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken
language on a variety of topics
3.1 - Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other
disciplines through the foreign language
National Standards for Foreign Language, 2012
RESOURCES/MATERIALS NEEDED:
-Whiteboard/markers
-Handouts
-Sentence frames
-Garbage can/recycling bin
-Realia for recyclable and non-recyclable items
-Recyclable/non-recyclable images
PLAN for LEARNING

LESSON SEQUENCE & PACING

1. 5-7 min Questioning warm-up

ACTIVATE/ENGAGE
1.TW present recycling guide
SW think-pair-share what items
they might be able to recycle.
*modeling as needed

2. 5-10 min Grammar use

clarification: the verb poder

3. 5-7 min Student practice: using

poder to discuss what can and cant
be recycled.

4. 2-5 min Students compare/contrast

recyclable and non-recyclable items
with visuals.

TW refer to board question, and

ask with examples what
can/cannot be recycled.
Stress will be placed on the verb
poder.
ACQUIRE/EXPLORE/APPLY
2. TW clarify and explain
conjugation/use of the verb
poder with student input.
-endings
-stem changes
-students identify words for
examples
-students repeat verb
conjugations
*additional modeling and
scaffolding as needed
3. SW work in same pairings to
complete sentence frames Qu
podemos reciclar en Des
Moines?
*instructor will walk around
classroom to help individual
students

5. 2-5 min Comprehension check:

students confirm what can/cant be
recycled

4. TW pass out envelopes of

images while students are
talking, and then briefly explain
how students need to place
images on whiteboard under
categories of reciclaje and
basura.
Students will be informally orally
assessed as they place images.
*additional modeling as needed

ASSESS/CLOSURE/BRIDGE
5. If time permits, SW extend
proficiency through oral
sentence composition to

state what can and cant be

recycled, using sentence
frames for reference and
whiteboard of student placed
images.